Button



E. c. LAKEY.

BUTTON.

APPLxcATloN FILED APR. 1o, 1920.

atented; July 13, 1920.

and arrangement of parts as claimed.

i UNITED STATESr-TENT OFFICE.

EDGAR o. LAKEY, or PROVIDENCERHODE ISLAND, vAssrerNoie. To B. n. DALLoQa' co.

, ING., yon PnovIDDNcn, RHODE 1sLAND`,

A coRr'oRA'rIoN -OFDHODE ISLAND-.p

f BUTTON.'

i l Application filed April '10,

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, EDGAR C. LAKEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is aspeclrfication. I

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of buttons more particu# larly cuff-buttonsand the like, and the object of this invention is to provide abutton with an improved form of eye or loop member connected to the back thereof which is much stronger than the ordinary loop or eye.

A further obj ect of thisinvention is in addition to providing a strong and durable loop or eye for the back of abutton to be able l to also reduce the cost of construction of such a button when formed of precious metal.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the combination In the drawings forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a button having my improved form ofeye or loop member on the back thereof.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the loop blank as cut from sheet stock.

Fig. 3 illustrates the center portion of the loop blank as bent up into loop form from the plane of the ends thereof.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the backplate of the button, removed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the filler member for the interior of the button.

Fig. 6 is a central sectional view illustrating the members in assembled position.

With reference to the drawings, 10 vdesignates the front plate of the button, which may be made of any suitable material, but which is usually cut and formed from sheet1 material and 11 designates the back-plate of the button which is provided with a central hole or opening 12 therethrough, which back-plate is secured to the front plate by rolling the edge 13 of the front plate over that of the back plate.

My invention comprises essentially the i Specification of Letters Patent. i Patelllted u 1y"13,- I

1920. serial' No. 372,834.

construction off the eye-'member 14 andthe l manner in which it is applied tozthe button.

AThe eye-member L itself isV preferably formed from'sheet stockv inthe-shape best illustrated in Fig. 2, in ywhichis'shown the end portions 15 of the eye-memberas being wilder orcons'iderably enlarged over the mid! dle or loop portion 16 thereof. The middle or loop portion is then bent up asillustra'ted in F ig. 3 into loop form, which loop portion is passed through the opening 12 :of the backplate 11, the ends of feet p ortion 15 ofthe loop being arranged to 'extend laterally in opposite directions and'lie flat against the l inner side of the back-plate and between it and the back of the front-plate. l vIt vwill be'seen by this construction that where the ends of the loop are made broader or larger than the loopV opening 12 in thel back-plate thatthese enlarged portions serve as anchors or retaining members beneath the back-plate, to positively prevent the loop ends from being drawn through this opening.

In assembling the parts I preferably provide an annular ring 17 having a central opening 18 of a size to fit around the outside of the feet member 15 of the loop thereby providing means for taking up the space between the front and back plates not occupied by the ends or feet 4of said loop, which ring also serves as a stiffenerfor the front-plate.

When the parts of this button` are all formed of precious metal, it will be noted that by my improved construction both the front and back plates may be made of eX- tremely thin stock while the loop member, which is called upon to withstand the greatest amount of. strain, may-be formed of a stock several times as thick as that of either the back or the front plates. In this way the ends of the link member 19 are' turned inwardly into this loop member and a strong anddurable button is thus providedy being constructed of very thin solid precious metal.

Another feature of this construction is that no solder whatever is employed in the construction of this button and therefore the stock remains hard, not having been annealed or softened by the application of heat, which would necessarily be the case when a solderilo solely toward the construction illustrated,V

secured to` said front-plate and providedY with a central yopening through it, a loop member Vlformed of .sheetstoclr and Vhaving its middle portion bent outwardly into loop form,v with e said loop portion extending through said back-plate opening, the ends of saidloopk extending laterally beneath said plateproviding.anchors for said loop.

y 2. In a button, a front-plate, aback-plate secured to said front-plate and provided Vwith an opening-.through it, La loop member formed of sheet stock and having its middle vportion bent outwardly into loop form and extending through said back platev opening, the end portions of said loop being Vrenlarged over the loop 'stripproviding enlarged" foot portions extending laterally beneath said back to secure the loop in position.

' 3. In a button, a front-plate, aback-*plate i secured to Vsaid front-plate and provided.

with a central opening through it, a loop member formed of sheetstock and having its middle portion bent outwardly into loop form and extending through said-back-plate opening, the ends of said loopextending laterally lbeneath said -plate` providing- EDGAR c. LAKEY.V 

